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The circular of information regarding the Sixth International Congress of Geologists, to be held at Zurich from August 29th to September 2d, presents a most inviting programme of excursions, which may be taken by members of the Congress, in the picturesque and geologically famous regions of the Swiss Alps and the neighboring Jura Mountains. It is proposed to organize two groups of excursions conducted by geologists, many of whom have devoted the better part of their lives to the investigation of the country visited. The first group will be offered immediately before the meeting of the Congress, and is so arranged that those participating in them will arrive at Zurich a day or two before the opening of the Congress. These excursions will be devoted to various portions of the Jura Mountains. They will be organized in different towns, where those intending to take the excursions are to join the conductors of the parties. The second group of excursions take place immediately after the Congress adjourns, and will start from Zurich on September 3d, and will traverse the Alps by various routes, terminating at Lugano, about September 16th, where the Congress will be formally closed. There will be two classes of excursions. One class will be made on foot, in order that the geology of the country may be more carefully examined. The other will be by means of conveyances. The pedestrian excursion will necessarily be open to a limited number of persons, and warning is served that a certain amount of quasi-military discipline will be required by the leader, from which appeal may be made to the whole body of participants. The expediency of such a regulation will be apparent to all who have attempted to conduct similar tours. The second class of excursions will make use of railways, steamboats and carriages, and will aim to reduce to a minimum the distance to be gone over on